David Livingstone discovers Victoria Falls - Exam
David Livingstone discovers Victoria Falls
  • 1. Who discovered Victoria Falls?
A) Henry Stanley
B) Marco Polo
C) Christopher Columbus
D) David Livingstone
  • 2. In which African country are Victoria Falls located?
A) Nigeria
B) South Africa
C) Kenya
D) Zambia
  • 3. What is the indigenous name for Victoria Falls?
A) Kilimanjaro
B) Serengeti
C) Table Mountain
D) Mosi-oa-Tunya
  • 4. What continent is Victoria Falls located on?
A) Asia
B) South America
C) Europe
D) Africa
  • 5. What river forms Victoria Falls?
A) Limpopo River
B) Congo River
C) Nile River
D) Zambezi River
  • 6. What type of climate can be found around Victoria Falls?
A) Arctic
B) Mediterranean
C) Tropical
D) Desert
  • 7. What famous explorer is known to have crossed Africa and met David Livingstone near Victoria Falls?
A) James Cook
B) Ferdinand Magellan
C) Henry Stanley
D) Vasco da Gama
  • 8. How tall is the largest curtain of water at Victoria Falls?
A) 108 meters
B) 120 meters
C) 75 meters
D) 90 meters
  • 9. In what year did David Livingstone discover Victoria Falls?
A) 1870
B) 1855
C) 1863
D) 1847
  • 10. On which date was David Livingstone born?
A) 23 June 1805
B) 14 April 1820
C) 19 March 1813
D) 1 May 1873
  • 11. In which town in Scotland was David Livingstone born?
A) Edinburgh
B) Aberdeen
C) Blantyre
D) Glasgow
  • 12. What occupation did Neil Livingstone have that involved distributing Christian literature?
A) Door-to-door tea salesman
B) Cotton mill worker
C) Church pastor
D) Bookshop owner
  • 13. David Livingstone's father was known for which of the following habits?
A) Teetotaler
B) Gambler
C) Smoker
D) Heavy drinker
  • 14. What type of literature did Neil Livingstone distribute on his travels?
A) Science journals
B) Political pamphlets
C) Christian tracts
D) Novels
  • 15. At what age was David Livingstone employed at the cotton mill in Blantyre Works?
A) Eight
B) Ten
C) Fifteen
D) Twenty
  • 16. How many hours a day did David and his brother work as piecers at the cotton mill?
A) Ten
B) Twelve
C) Fourteen
D) Sixteen
  • 17. What was one of Neil Livingstone's concerns regarding David's reading material?
A) Science books were undermining Christianity
B) History books were too boring
C) Mathematics books were too difficult
D) Novels were inappropriate for his age
  • 18. Which book helped David Livingstone reconcile faith and science?
A) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
B) Philosophy of a Future State by Thomas Dick
C) Paradise Lost by John Milton
D) The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
  • 19. Who was the Blantyre evangelist that influenced David Livingstone?
A) Thomas Burke
B) John Wesley
C) George Whitefield
D) Charles Finney
  • 20. At what age did David Livingstone leave the Church of Scotland for a Congregational church?
A) Fifteen
B) Eighteen
C) Ten
D) Twenty
  • 21. Which preacher's teachings influenced Livingstone to accept salvation was open to all who ask for it?
A) Charles Finney
B) Ralph Wardlaw
C) Thomas Dick
D) Karl Gützlaff
  • 22. What did David Livingstone use lines from Robert Burns' song to express?
A) Desire for wealth
B) Interest in politics
C) Love for nature
D) Empathy with all who labour
  • 23. What was the name of the cotton mill where David worked as a piecer and later as a spinner?
A) Edinburgh Textile Factory
B) Glasgow Cotton Works
C) H. Monteith's Blantyre cotton mill
D) Aberdeen Spinning Mill
  • 24. What did David Livingstone hum from Robert Burns' song to express his egalitarian beliefs?
A) "Tam O'Shanter"
B) "A Red, Red Rose"
C) "When man to man, the world o'er/Shall brothers be for a' that"
D) "To a Mouse"
  • 25. Which university did David Livingstone join in 1836?
A) University of Edinburgh
B) Oxford University
C) Anderson's University, Glasgow
D) Cambridge University
  • 26. Who tutored David Livingstone in Latin to prepare for medical school?
A) Richard Wardlaw
B) Andrew Buchanan
C) James Young
D) Daniel Gallagher
  • 27. What organization did David Livingstone apply to become a missionary with in October 1837?
A) The Congregational Church College
B) The London Missionary Society (LMS)
C) Charing Cross Hospital Medical School
D) Anderson's University
  • 28. Where did David Livingstone receive initial training as a probationary candidate?
A) Cheshunt College
B) Glasgow, Scotland
C) Blantyre village school
D) Ongar, Essex
  • 29. Who assessed David Livingstone's character as having 'sense and quiet vigour'?
A) Daniel Gallagher
B) Andrew Buchanan
C) Richard Wardlaw
D) The Reverend Richard Cecil
  • 30. Where did David Livingstone continue his clinical training?
A) Charing Cross Hospital Medical School
B) Anderson's University, Glasgow
C) Blantyre village school
D) Ongar, Essex
  • 31. When did David Livingstone qualify as a licentiate of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow?
A) June 1839
B) 20 November 1840
C) January 1838
D) 16 November 1840
  • 32. Where was David Livingstone ordained as a minister of the church?
A) Charing Cross Hospital
B) Albion Chapel, Finsbury
C) Glasgow University
D) Ongar, Essex
  • 33. Who conducted David Livingstone's ordination service?
A) The London Missionary Society directors
B) Daniel Gallagher and Andrew Buchanan
C) The Reverend Richard Cecil and J. J. Freeman
D) Richard Wardlaw and James Young
  • 34. Why did the LMS directors initially hesitate to send Livingstone to China?
A) They believed there were already enough missionaries in China.
B) The looming First Opium War made them cautious.
C) China was not considered a priority for missionary work.
D) Livingstone had expressed a lack of interest in going to China.
  • 35. What did Fowell Buxton argue at the Exeter Hall meeting?
A) Missionaries should focus only on preaching the gospel.
B) Christian missions should avoid involvement in commerce.
C) Slavery was necessary for economic development in Africa.
D) The African slave trade would end if chiefs could obtain European goods through legitimate trade.
  • 36. Where did Livingstone go ashore during the voyage to Cape Town?
A) Rio de Janeiro
B) Kuruman Mission
C) Algoa Bay
D) Simon's Bay
  • 37. What was Livingstone's destination after leaving Algoa Bay?
A) Cape Town
B) Kuruman Mission
C) Mabotsa
D) Simon's Bay
  • 38. Who accompanied Livingstone on the trek from Algoa Bay to Kuruman?
A) Moffat and his family
B) Ross and his wife
C) Roger Edwards
D) Paul and Mebalwe
  • 39. How many miles did Livingstone trek with Roger Edwards to investigate a new station?
A) 1000 miles (1609 km)
B) 500 miles (805 km)
C) 750 miles (1,210 km)
D) 1200 miles (1931 km)
  • 40. What area did Livingstone and Edwards investigate for a potential new mission station?
A) Kuruman Mission
B) Mabotsa, Botswana
C) Cape Town
D) Simon's Bay
  • 41. When did Edwards get LMS approval to set up a mission station at Mabotsa?
A) March 1845
B) January 1844
C) June 1843
D) September 1842
  • 42. Who did Livingstone marry on 9 January 1845?
A) Ross's wife
B) Mary Moffat
C) Mrs Philip
D) Edwards's wife
  • 43. Who saved Livingstone's life during the lion attack?
A) Roger Edwards
B) Mebalwe
C) Paul
D) Mary Moffat
  • 44. What was the outcome of Livingstone's broken bone after it was set by himself and Edwards?
A) It required another setting
B) The bone bonded strongly
C) He needed immediate surgery
D) The bone did not heal properly
  • 45. Where did Livingstone go for recuperation after the lion attack?
A) Mabotsa
B) Kuruman
C) Simon's Bay
D) Cape Town
  • 46. Who tended to Livingstone during his recuperation at Kuruman?
A) Mrs Philip
B) Edwards's wife
C) Moffat's daughter Mary
D) Ross's wife
  • 47. Who did Livingstone convert at Kolobeng Mission in 1849?
A) Moffat
B) Ross
C) Edwards
D) Chief Sechele
  • 48. In which year did Livingstone cross the Kalahari Desert and reach Lake Ngami?
A) 1854
B) 1849
C) 1852
D) 1851
  • 49. What did the Royal Geographical Society present to Livingstone for his journey to Lake Ngami?
A) A compass
B) A map of Africa
C) A chronometer watch
D) A letter of commendation
  • 50. How many Kololo warriors acted as interpreters and guides for Livingstone's investigation of trade routes?
A) 50
B) 114
C) 75
D) 27
  • 51. What name did Livingstone give to the waterfall he named after Queen Victoria?
A) Livingstone Falls
B) Victoria Falls
C) Ngami Falls
D) Kololo Falls
  • 52. Which ocean did Livingstone successfully reach by mapping most of the Zambezi river?
A) The Atlantic Ocean
B) The Pacific Ocean
C) The Indian Ocean
D) The Arctic Ocean
  • 53. Which two Arab traders crossed the continent from Zanzibar to Benguela in 1853–1854?
A) Arab traders
B) British explorers
C) Native African traders
D) Portuguese traders
  • 54. Which city did Livingstone and his party reach on the Atlantic in May 1854?
A) Zanzibar
B) Quelimane
C) Linyanti
D) Luanda
  • 55. In which year did David Livingstone return to Britain?
A) December 1856
B) January 1855
C) March 1858
D) June 1857
  • 56. Which publishing house published David Livingstone's 'Missionary Travels' in 1857?
A) The London Missionary Society
B) British Government
C) John Murray
D) Royal Geographical Society
  • 57. What was noted as containing little of interest in Livingstone's description?
A) British colonies
B) Missionary Travels
C) Zambezi River
D) Portuguese Angola
  • 58. Who put David Livingstone in touch with the foreign secretary?
A) Roderick Murchison
B) John Murray
C) The London Missionary Society
D) David Livingstone himself
  • 59. When did David Livingstone resign from the London Missionary Society?
A) 1860
B) 1855
C) 1857
D) 1858
  • 60. What type of river steamer was built in portable sections for the Zambezi expedition?
A) Pioneer
B) Lady Nyasa
C) Ma Robert
D) Pearl
  • 61. Which ship took Ma Robert out on its way to Ceylon?
A) Pioneer
B) Colonial Office steamer Pearl
C) Ma Robert
D) Lady Nyasa
  • 62. Where did the expedition collect twelve Kru seafarers to man the river steamer?
A) Ceylon
B) Shupanga
C) Freetown
D) Zambezi
  • 63. What natural obstacle made the Zambezi river impassable to boats past a certain point?
A) Cahora Bassa rapids
B) Ruvuma River
C) Murchison Cataracts
D) Shire River
  • 64. Which lake did some members of the expedition become the first to reach?
A) Lake Victoria
B) Lake Tanganyika
C) Lake Malawi
D) Lake Nyasa
  • 65. What type of vessel was provided by the Colonial Office in 1861 for further exploration?
A) Iron river steamer Ma Robert
B) Prefabricated Lady Nyasa
C) Colonial Office steamer Pearl
D) Wooden paddle survey vessel Pioneer
  • 66. What was the name of the river steamer specially designed to sail on Lake Nyasa?
A) Ma Robert
B) Pearl
C) Pioneer
D) Lady Nyasa
  • 67. What did the expedition have to clear from the paddle wheels frequently?
A) Corpses
B) Debris
C) Shoals
D) Rocks
  • 68. What was the name of the slave-hunter whose actions caused famine along the Shire River?
A) Portuguese soldiers
B) Livingstone's followers
C) Kru seafarers
D) Mariano's Chikunda
  • 69. In what year did the Zambezi Expedition return to England after being recalled by the government?
A) 1864
B) 1863
C) 1866
D) 1865
  • 70. Which of the following was NOT a type of material collected by John Kirk, Charles Meller, and Richard Thornton?
A) Ecological
B) Astronomical
C) Botanical
D) Geological
  • 71. Where did David Livingstone return to Africa from in January 1866?
A) Cape Town
B) Lagos
C) Zanzibar
D) Mombasa
  • 72. What happened to most of Livingstone's supplies by the time he reached Lake Malawi?
A) They were confiscated by authorities
B) They were destroyed in a fire
C) They were lost at sea
D) They had been stolen
  • 73. Where did Livingstone find himself extremely ill in 1869?
A) Near Zanzibar
B) At Lake Tanganyika
C) On Mount Kilimanjaro
D) In the jungle
  • 74. Who did Livingstone send his men to assist after the massacre?
A) Dugumbe
B) The Wagenya chieftain Kimburu
C) Local villagers
D) Manilla's brother
  • 75. What award did Livingstone receive from the Royal Geographical Society of London?
A) Bronze medal
B) Explorer's Trophy
C) Silver medal
D) Gold medal
  • 76. How long had Livingstone lost contact with the outside world before Stanley found him?
A) four years
B) two years
C) six years
D) eight years
  • 77. Which newspaper sent Henry Morton Stanley to find Livingstone?
A) London Gazette
B) The Times
C) Daily Telegraph
D) New York Herald
  • 78. How many wives did Sechele have when Livingstone advised him to reduce the number?
A) five
B) seven
C) two
D) three
  • 79. Which tree is most likely under which Livingstone's heart was buried?
A) Baobab tree
B) Mvula tree
C) Mpundu tree
D) Acacia tree
  • 80. How long did it take for Livingstone's remains to be transported to Bagamoyo?
A) 63 days
B) 90 days
C) 30 days
D) 120 days
  • 81. Where were David Livingstone's remains interred after being returned to Britain?
A) The British Museum
B) Savile Row
C) Westminster Abbey
D) St. Paul's Cathedral
  • 82. What did Livingstone describe as 'the strangest disease' he saw?
A) Cholera
B) Malaria
C) Smallpox
D) Broken-heartedness among captured free men turned into slaves
  • 83. What was Livingstone's rank among the 100 Greatest Britons in a UK-wide vote?
A) 50th
B) Not listed at all.
C) 98th
D) 1st
  • 84. In which year did David Livingstone marry Mary Moffat?
A) 1862
B) 1845
C) 1857
D) 1876
  • 85. What was the cause of death for Mary, David Livingstone's wife?
A) Typhoid
B) Malaria
C) Cholera
D) Bilharzia
  • 86. What was Thomas's cause of death?
A) Drowning
B) Malaria
C) Bilharzia
D) Tuberculosis
  • 87. How old was Elizabeth, David Livingstone's daughter, when she died?
A) Ten years
B) One year
C) Two months
D) Five years
  • 88. Where did William Oswell die?
A) Egypt
B) Africa
C) Scotland
D) Trinidad
  • 89. What was the nickname of David Livingstone's son, William Oswell?
A) Robert
B) Zouga
C) Thomas
D) Rupert
  • 90. How many of David Livingstone's children survived to adulthood and had their own families?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Three
D) Five
  • 91. What was the name of Agnes, one of David Livingstone's daughters' husband?
A) Rupert Vincent
B) A.L. Bruce
C) Horace Heath
D) Robert Moffat
  • 92. What was the profession of Agnes's husband, A.L. Bruce?
A) Wealthy Scottish brewery executive
B) Doctor
C) Missionary
D) Soldier
  • 93. In which year was the Missionary Exhibition featuring items related to Livingstone held?
A) 1871
B) 1913
C) 1932
D) 2005
  • 94. Where was the principal centenary event for David Livingstone held in 1913?
A) Missionary Exhibition in Bromley
B) Royal Albert Hall
C) Victoria Falls
D) University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  • 95. Who designed the David Livingstone Centenary Medal?
A) Gutzon Borglum
B) Randall Davidson
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) Harry Johnston
  • 96. In what year was Theodore Roosevelt awarded the David Livingstone Centenary Medal?
A) 1871
B) 1932
C) 1913
D) 1917
  • 97. Which institution has a room named after David Livingstone?
A) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
B) University of Auckland
C) Corpus Christi College, Oxford
D) Eltham College
  • 98. Where is a bust of David Livingstone located?
A) Strathclyde University, Glasgow
B) Royal Geographical Society, London
C) David Livingstone Birthplace Museum in Blantyre
D) Wallace Monument near Stirling
  • 99. What is commemorated by a plaque at Hadley Green, High Barnet?
A) Livingstone's birth
B) The centenary of his death
C) His first missionary journey
D) His work with the London Missionary Society
  • 100. In which Canadian province can you find the Livingstone Range of mountains?
A) Nova Scotia
B) Newfoundland and Labrador
C) Ontario
D) Alberta
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